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Moss Landing Power Plant Fire last night
January 17, 2025, 5:58 a.m. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SETS EMERGENCY MEETING TO DEAL WITH MOSS LANDING FIRE Last night's disastrous fire at the Vistra battery storage facility at the Moss Landing power...
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When he moved with his family to Monterey in 2003, former Eagle Scout Alan Haffa wanted to help out in the community. He joined the Kiwanis Club of Monterey first. In 2004, one of the school board members stepped down—so Haffa stepped up. In addition to his community service, Haffa has taught at Monterey Peninsula College and directed the Gentrain Program, an interdisciplinary, team-taught course in civilization.
Haffa says: "One of my natural skills is helping to bring a group to consensus. If you can find a solution that works for everyone, where everyone wins, that is a better solution than where one party wins and the other loses. But if a spirit of reason and compromise are not met half way, I will ask the tough questions and I will stand up for what is right."
First elected: November 2012
Alma maters: University of Wisconsin Madison
Notable quote: “Instead of pitting the interests of seniors against the interests of college students,” Haffa says, “I’d like to figure out how we can match the needs of seniors with the abilities of our youth.” (Source: Monterey County Weekly)
From Monterey Herald...
From Monterey County Weekly...
Increasingly, the housing crisis has become a major political issue in California, and nowhere is that more true than the city of Monterey, where about two-thirds of the residents are renters and where the economy is driven by the hospitality industry, which is staffed by employees that often travel from afar to get to work.
David Schmalz here. Just over three years ago in this newsletter, I offered a defense for the much-maligned bike path running down the center of North Fremont Street in Monterey, aka the Bike Lane to Nowhere.
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